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Grant to support year-round food program at YMCA

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The Greater Scranton YMCA was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from AllOne Charities. Grant funding will support the Y’s Year-Round Food Program, specifically the purchase of new equipment and staffing. Since the Greater Scranton YMCA implemented its Year-Round Food Program, enrollment in early childhood education programs has significantly grown.

During the Y’s most recently completed fiscal year, 69,490 meals and snacks were provided to children enrolled in Early Childhood Education programs, Summer Day Camp and Before and After School care. This growth has proved challenging, as the need for additional staff and more efficient equipment has also increased. Thanks to the generosity of AllOne Charities, the Greater Scranton YMCA has been able to purchase a new steamer and deep freezer,.

Shown above from left are: Mary Carroll Donahoe, Chief Program Officer, AllOne Foundation & Charities; Rich Surridge, President & CEO, Greater Scranton YMCA; Frank Apostolico, Board Member; AllOne Foundation & Charities; Kelena Gonzalez, Food Program Coordinator, Greater Scranton YMCA, and John Cosgrove, Chief Executive Officer, AllOne Foundation & Charities

Family Service Association awarded $40,000 in grants

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The Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania (FSA NEPA) recently received a $20,000 grant from AllOne Charities with a matching $20,000 from the Thalenfeld Family Charitable Foundation. 

The $40,000 grant supports a broad number of programs under the FSA NEPA organizational umbrella. This includes funding for programs such as Help Line, a free and confidential information and referral service that helps people by connecting them to local resources; Warm Line, which specifically connects callers to non-emergency health care resources, and the Essential Needs which supplies food and clothing to local families. The grant also supports public engagement projects such as marketing and the National Family Week Conference as well as agency-wide training.

Founded in 2015, AllOne Foundation & Charities has had a direct and measurably positive impact on the healthcare landscape in all corners of the 13 counties of its service footprint. Tens of millions in grant resources have been committed to hundreds of individual non-profit care providers focused on mental health and behavioral health, improved access to health care for women and children, autism services, substance abuse disorders solutions, and food security.

“We are so grateful to both AllOne Charities and Foundation  as well as the Thalenfeld Family for their continued support of our mission. We aspire to reach individuals and families across the lifespan, providing services and support, filling service gaps, and educating the community. With the funding from both AllOne Charities and Foundation as well as the Thalenfeld family- we are able to reach even more individuals with our services, continuing our mission as we have for nearly 130 years.” Said Jessica Ives, CEO for FSA NEPA.       

A group of involved and concerned members of the community established FSA in 1895 in order to provide diverse services that empower children, individuals, seniors and families to reach their full potential by building healthier relationships, and ultimately stronger communities. 

Today, FSA’s programs provide services to residents in 17 counties, including Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne and Wyoming counties. 

Any resident in PA 211 NE’s coverage area can access PA 211 NE / Help Line by calling 211, texting 211 (898-211, plus a zip code), or by logging on to www.pa211ne.org. 

For more information about FSA or to support its programs, please log on to www.fsanepa.org, call, (570) 823-5144, or email, families@fsanepa.org.

AllOne awards grant to YMCA in Dunmore

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Principals attending the All-in-One check presentation to the Greater Scranton YMCA included, front row, from left: Lucas Atsus, Matthew Kaczmarek, Jayson Gautam, Lainie Moss, and Micky Carnevale. Back row: Tressa Parker, Education Director, Greater Scranton YMCA; Frank Apostolico, Board Member, AllOne Foundation & Charities; Trish Fisher, President & CEO, Greater Scranton YMCA; John Cosgrove, Chief Executive Officer, AllOne Foundation & Charities, and Meghan Carnevale, Mission Advancement & Marketing Director, Greater Scranton YMCA.

The Greater Scranton YMCA has been awarded a $16,244 grant from AllOne Charities. Grant funding will support the inclusion of STEM equipment and educational materials in the YMCA’s Early Childhood Education Department.

The addition of STEM equipment and activities into the Greater Scranton YMCA’s Early Childhood Education curriculum will allow staff to make a greater educational impact on the growing number of children we serve. Through exposing young children to STEM activities and initiatives early in life, the groundwork will begin being laid, helping children enter kindergarten with a broader knowledge base and the tools and resources needed for success.

“We are so grateful to AllOne Charities for this generous grant award,” said Trish Fisher, President & CEO, Greater Scranton YMCA. “Enrollment in early learning programs continues to grow. We are so proud to provide the children in our care with access to daily opportunities to engage in STEM activities, as exposure to STEM initiatives is a critical component to academic success.”

For more information about the Greater Scranton YMCA’s Early Childhood Education Department, contact Tressa Parker, Education Director, at tparker@gsymca.org or visit the YMCA online at http://www.greaterscrantonymca.org.